Thanks Bob,
I'll look into that. It *appears* my hosting company allows what I need. It was just a little hard to get any info out of them that's not part of their knowledgebase. I just can't user EM to manange the database and it doesn't sound all that secure (outside their firewall) unless you go with a dedicated server, which you can then setup as you want. But for the price I'm not complaining.
>Dan,
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>I do some similiar test work like this with ReadyHosting (
www.readyhosting.com). They have sql 2000, it is accessible from outside their servers, assuming your local firewall will allow you to connect out to them.
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>Hosting rates are reasonable, just remember you get what you pay for. There are sometimes some issues with getting support, but generally speaking I've had good luck with them.
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>Bob Horkay